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Impact of Foliar Application of Multiplex General Liquid on Yield and Yield Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020; 9(5): 1057-1060 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 www.phytojournal.com Impact of foliar application of Multiplex General JPP 2020; 9(5): 1057-1060 Received: 06-06-2020 Liquid on yield and yield attributing traits of Accepted: 08-08-2020 Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) growing under Lopamudra Jena protection 1. Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture, BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, Lopamudra Jena, Dr. Sanghamitra Pattnaik and Subhasmita Sahu West Bengal, India 2. Department of Floriculture Abstract and Landscaping, College of Gerbera for being occupier of a prominent position among the top traded cut flowers, it has become a Agriculture, OUAT, quite profit earning crop that has boosted its cultivation so far. As the quality plays utmost importance for Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India a cut flower as because it must be eye appealing to the consumers; micronutrients are found to play a Dr. Sanghamitra Pattnaik very crucial role. Multiplex General Liquid is a commercial micronutrient formulation that contains Senior Scientist and Head, KVK, various micronutrients in adequate combination that satisfies the need of micronutrient requirement of Mayurbhanj-1, Odisha, India plant internally thus enhances the various quality parameters. The current investigation was executed under polyhouse condition at Horticultural Research Station, College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Subhasmita Sahu Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar during the period starting from October, 2018 up to April, Department of Floriculture and 2019. This experiment was executed following Randomised Block Design with three replications & Landscaping, College of twelve treatments including a control. Promising results like increased plant height (31.87 cm), leaf area Agriculture, OUAT, (204.53 cm2), flower stalk length (46.50 cm), diameter of flowering head (10.84 cm), number of flowers Bhubaneswar, India per plant (3.63), vase life of cut flowers (6.70 days) and chlorophyll content of leaves (73.02) were obtained when the plants were subjected to foliar application of micronutrient commercial formulation i.e. Multiplex General Liquid @0.2%. Keywords: Gerbera, profit earning crop, multiplex general liquid, yield, protection Introduction Flowers are found to be associated with human culture and civilization since time immemorial. They are considered to be the symbolic representation of beauty, prosperity, passion, peace, purity and love. Apart from being used in the beautification of surrounding, they are also known to posses various aesthetic, social, economical as well as religious values. Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) a proud member of family Asteraceae is native to South Africa more particularly Transvaal province & Asiatic regions. Genus “Gerbera” was named in the honour of German naturalist Traugott Gerber, who travelled Russia during 1743.The species “jamesonii” was named after Dr. L. S. Jameson, a British Colonia statesman in South Africa who was one of the discoverers of the species. The genus comprises of around 45 species. In India, about 7 species are recorded Out of all the recorded species viz. Gerbera asplenifolia, Gerbera aurantiaca, Gerbera Jamesonii, Gerbera kunzeana, Gerbera viridifolia etc. Only Gerbera Jamesonii is under cultivation with chromosome number n=x=25. Gerbera is mostly preferred among commercial growers because of its wide range of colour variation, long lasting behaviour and wider adaptability for culture which have made Gerbera a flower of choice for cultivation in India. It is popularly known as Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Veldt Daisy or Hilton Daisy. In the International cut flower trade it ranks fourth position next to rose, carnation& chrysanthemum. With the change in life style of people, they have become more conscious about nutritional Corresponding Author: security, a portion of which has also started to be aesthetically conscious which has paved a Lopamudra Jena way for the raised demand for commercial cut flowers like gerbera. 1. Department of Floriculture This increased demand can be successfully met by growing adequate amount of good quality and Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture, gerbera cut flowers. It can be made possible through growing gerbera plants under protection BCKV, Mohanpur, Nadia, which ensures year round production by protecting the plants from external vagaries and West Bengal, India providing the plants with major nutrients long with micronutrients which not only increase the 2. Department of Floriculture cumulative yield but also enhance the quality of cut flowers in gerbera by meeting the crop and Landscaping, College of demand that fetches higher price in market in return. Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India ~ 1057 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry http://www.phytojournal.com Multiplex General Liquid is a commercial micronutrient The recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) i.e. NPK 20:20:20 formulation having the chemical composition of Zn (3.0%), @15g/10 ltr was applied through foliar spray at weekly Mg (0.2%), Fe (0.2%), Mn (0.2%), Cu (0.1%) and Mo interval whereas foliar application of Multiplex General (0.005%). The investigation envisaged the impact of Liquid and other micronutrients and commercial formulations Multiplex General Liquid on various plant parameters that was done at fortnight interval. Besides regular weeding and attributes to the yield as well as quality of flowers. plant protection measures were taken as & when required. The aim of the experiment conducted was concentrated on Plants were irrigated twice a day through drip irrigation. following objectives- Observations regarding various vegetative parameters viz. 1. Impact on vegetative growth of plant. Plant height (cm), leaf area (cm2); floral parameters such as 2. Impact on flowering parameters. flower stalk length (cm), diameter of flowering head (cm), 3. Impact on chlorophyll content on gerbera leaves. number of flowers per plant, vase life (days); for biochemical parameter observation was taken on chlorophyll content of Materials and Methods leaves by using the measuring instrument called spadmeter. The present study on Impact of foliar application of Multiplex General Liquid on yield and yield attributing traits of Gerbera Statistical Analysis (Gerbera jamesonii L.) growing under protection was The observations recorded on various growth and flowering executed during 2018-19 at the Horticultural Research parameters were subjected to statistical analysis. The analysis Station, College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha of variance table was prepared. The treatment effects were on already existing plantations. The investigation was tested by using “F” test at 5% level of significance. The conducted to study the effect of foliar application of critical difference at 5% level was calculated to compare the Multiplex General Liquid- a commercial formulation of treatment means. micronutrient on various vegetative and flowering parameters of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii L.) cv. Stanza. Result and Discussion The tissue culture gerbera plantlets to be used in the Result of the experiment envisaged that out of all treatment experiment were procured from KF Bio-Plants, Pune through combination, foliar application of Multiplex General Liquid air which were supplied by the firm in pro-trays having coco commercial formulation performed best as it resulted in peat media. Immediately after being received, the plantlets increased plant height (cm), leaf area (cm2), flower stalk were subjected to direct planting on well prepared beds under length (cm), diameter of flowering head (cm), number of polyhouse condition. flowers per plant, vase life of cut flowers (days) and The entire experimental area was divided into 36 plots each chlorophyll content of leaves. of 2.1m × 0.7m size. The design followed for this experiment was Randomised Block Design that comprised of 3 Plant height (cm) replications consisting of 12 treatments in each replication. Observations on plant height of gerbera influenced by the The treatment details are as follows:- foliar application of Multiplex General Liquid were recorded T1: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L (Control) periodically. From the recorded data, it was observed that T2: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ ZnSO4 (0.2%) maximum plant height (31.87 cm) was recorded in plants T3: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L + Borax (0.2%) receiving the treatment combination consisting up RDF T4: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L + MnSO4 (0.2%) @15g/10 L and Multiplex General Liquid @0.2% which was T5: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ZnSO4 (0.2%) + Borax significantly different from other treatments, followed by (0.2%) 29.67 cm in T11 (NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10L + Power Bio-20 T6: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ ZnSO4 (0.2%) + MnSO4 @0.2%), 29.27 cm in T6 (NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10L + ZnSO4 (0.2%) @0.2% + MnSO4 @0.2%) & 29.13 cm in T8 (NPK 20:20:20 T7: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ Borax (0.2%) + MnSO4 @15g/10L + ZnSO4 @0.1% + Borax @0.1% + MnSO4 (0.2%) @0.1%). However, minimum plant height (28.06 cm) was T8: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ ZnSO4 (0.1%) + Borax recorded in the control. (0.1%) + MnSO4 (0.1%) The increased plant height was attributed because of foliar T9: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L + ZnSO4 (0.2%) + Borax application of Multiplex General Liquid which is having (0.2%) + MnSO4 (0.2%) micronutrient elements those are responsible for nitrogen T10: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ Toto Care (0.2%) metabolism that stimulates the vegetative growth thus T11: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L+ Power Bio-20 (0.2%) resulting in increased plant height. They also activate the T12: NPK 20:20:20 @15g/10 L + Multiplex General Liquid enzyme IAA oxidase which oxidizes IAA in plants which is (0.2%) responsible for apical dominance leading to increased plant height. By serving as a catalyst, the micronutrient elements Chemical composition of commercial formulations used in alter the enzymatic reactions and helps in larger biosynthesis this experiment of photosynthetic assimilates which is another for enhanced Toto Care: Zn (3.6%), Fe (6.6%), Mn (4.3%), Cu (0.8%) and plant height.
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